Translation of "Éléments d'une stratégie de lutte contre la pauvreté " (French → English) :

The strategy to tackle problems of poverty and social exclusion combines: national action in collaboration with devolved administrations and regional bodies, and local and neighbourhood action with local government and voluntary and community sectors; economic management to improve employment opportunities; efforts to make it easier for people to get jobs, retain jobs and progress in jobs; shorter-term policies to make work pay and improve living standards of those unable to obtain employment; and longer-term investment in public services, particularl ...[+++]y education and health, to improve opportunities.

Priority should be given to integrating the gender dimension of poverty and social exclusion in the otherwise solid anti poverty strategy.

Increasingly, the focus of anti-poverty and social inclusion strategies in the UK is on particular disadvantaged groups who are likely to be at greatest risk, such as: lone parents; the long-term unemployed; older people; those with few or no qualifications; ethnic minority communities; sick or disabled people; and residents of deprived neighbourhoods.

The analysis in Oxfam's report, 'Rigged Rules and Double Standards - trade, globalisation, and the fight against poverty' is very similar to that of the European Commission: not only is trade crucial in combating poverty, it is also a powerful motor for development.

Let us take, for example, the programs which were introduced as part of anti-poverty strategies. The international community in its entirety is committed to supporting these programs, however, the way in which these programs were designed means that they do everything but fight poverty.

The recommendations cover a broad array of topics, all of which will be familiar to committee members. These include: consultations and dialogue with indigenous people and civil society; implementation of international obligations; Canada's position with respect to the UN declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples; the ratification of a whole number of international treaties; numerous concerns with respect to the rights of indigenous peoples, including alarming rates of discrimination and violence against indigenous women, and need for significant improvements in protecting land and resource rights; a range of concerns related to poverty, including calls to develop poverty reduction strategies ...[+++] and to deal with homelessness and inadequate housing; women's rights concerns including domestic violence, trafficking and the treatment of women prisoners; issues related to immigrants and refugees, such as concerns about the domestic live-in caregiver program; unequal labour rights for some migrant workers; a variety of justice issues including detention facilities for juveniles; the use of taser guns; Canada's clemency policy in death penalty cases; anti-terrorism issues, such as fair trial concerns and immigration security cases and failure to fully live up to the absolute ban on deporting individuals to torture; and a variety of other topics, including persons living with disabilities, the treatment of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered individuals; and, issues related to hate crimes.